San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC). 2012

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Assessment

Adapting to Rising Tides (ART) is a program of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), which brings together local, regional, state and federal agencies and organizations, as well as non-profit and private … associations for a collaborative planning project on sea level rise and climate change. This report is one of several products from these planning efforts. Specifically it is a focused assessment of Alameda County’s shoreline and flood inundation vulnerability due to future sea level rise. For the project an innovative mapping approach, which allows a single map to represent multiple potential future sea level rise and storm surge scenarios, was used that can be applied to other areas. The work presented in this report can inform near-term actions to address sea level rise. It can also inform when (i.e., at what level of sea level rise), we pass a tipping point where discrete actions along the shoreline are no longer sufficient to address these growing threats.

City of Atascadero. 2014

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Plan or strategy

Chapter 4 of the 2014 City of Atascadero Climate Action Plan includes adaptation measures such as collaboration between agencies, the creation of policies, water conservation, and assessing climate impacts for temperature, extreme storms, wildfire.

City of Foster City. 2016

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Assessment

This report provides a general overview of design considerations for Foster City’s eight-mile levee system. In 2014 the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) completed the Central and South San Francisco Bay Coastal Flood Hazard Studies … associated with the California Coastal Analysis and Mapping Project (CCAMP) and determined that Foster City’s levees do not meet the required freeboard elevation for accreditation per Title 44 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 65.10 (44 CFR 65.10). Since Foster City’s levees must be improved to meet FEMA requirements the city is working to include future sea level rise into its new levee design. This report builds on the analysis of the levee improvement alternatives in the 2015 Foster City Levee Protection Planning Study and provides preliminary design for improvements based on additional field reconnaissance, detailed wave run-up calculations, and preliminary geotechnical investigations undertaken since October 2015. The report concludes with a gross affordability assessment and narrows the list of possible levee designs to three main options all based on a hybrid construction approach with different design heights.

Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation & Conservation District. 2014

Sea level rise

AssessmentData, tools, and research

This report presents the results of an initial study on the impacts of sea level rise on local groundwater to inform the Humboldt Bay Sea Level Rise Adaptation Planning (HBSLRAP) project. The study uses U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) … mathematical model, SUTRA (Saturated-Unsaturated-Transport), in the Eureka–Arcata coastal plain. The report includes a literature review on sea level rise and groundwater simulation, the mathematical model, and the results and conclusions of the study.

San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC). 2018

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Planning and policy guidance

This website is home of the formal rising sea level policy recommendations adopted San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC)’s Commission following a series of public workshops. The recommendations are clustered into … the following eight overarching tasks: 1) Create a regional sea level rise adaptation plan, 2) Complete multi-sector, county-scale sea level rise vulnerability assessments, 3) Explore new institutional arrangements to address the impacts of climate change, 4) Identify regionally significant natural and built assets and vulnerable communities, 5) Change existing laws, policies and regulations as relevant, 6) Work with others to develop a regional educational campaign, 7) Assist efforts to define, identify, and fund one or more regional data repositories, 8) Develop a new Commissioner Working Group on innovative financing. For each task specific possible actions have been included.

City of Inglewood. 2013

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Plan or strategy

Chapter 4 of the 2013 Inglewood Energy and Climate Action Plan discusses extreme heat, temperature, and public health. The chapter also includes future adaptation actions like updating the City's General Plan and incorporating climate change … into the Inglewood Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.

San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC). 2018

FloodingSea level rise

Planning and policy guidance

This website is dedicated to information on San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC)’s efforts to revise its policies for a rising bay. The goal of the project is to: “Collaboratively evaluate BCDC’s fill policies … in light of sea level rise and develop guidance for the Commission, staff and project proponents to promote shoreline resilience.” While BCDC was originally created in 1965 to address a shrinking San Francisco Bay due to haphazard filling and to increase shoreline public access, sea level rise is changing the landscape and shifting the agency’s focus. A key element of the project has been to engage representatives from local, state, and federal agencies as well as environmental, economic, and equity organizations to serve on a Steering Committee to ensure that a broad range of values and expertise are reflected in the policy analysis. From the website one can access meeting and workshop details as well as final relevant reports.

Resilient Coastlines for Greater San Diego. 2018

Sea level rise

This website provides an overview of the work and successes of the Resilient Coastlines Project, which is a multi-faceted approach to build resiliency in the coastal communities of San Diego. It provides access to information and tools … associated with the projects four primary components: 1) Applying Science and Research, 2) Building Local Leadership, 3) Community Engagement and 4) Sharing the Model. The website also includes a link to a local story map which shows successful local sea level rise adaptation projects.

County of San Mateo. 2018

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Case Study

The Climate Vulnerability and Mainstreaming Resilience Planning project in San Mateo County is an innovative approach to transportation resilience planning that will provide resources for cities and vulnerable communities. This project will … assess countywide climate change impacts, assist the County and 20 cities in further defining vulnerable transportation infrastructure, critical assets, and communities, while developing adaptation strategies to prepare for those impacts.